"I'm not letting Anthony Joshua fight this fight with an eight-week camp" ...

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Should a boxing world champion be able to prepare himself to fight anyone in 2 months?

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  2. No.

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  1. spaceman

    spaceman Member Full Member

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    ... Hearn told Sky Sports

    Just would like to know everybody's opinion.

    To be clear, it's not about enough time for promoting, everybody knows about this fight by now. It's about having a training camp for longer than 8 weeks being a requirement for a world champion.

    Anthony Joshua has been in 21 professional and 43 amateur fights.
     
    spaceman, Jun 19, 2018
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  2. Pretty Boy Floyd

    Pretty Boy Floyd Well-Known Member Full Member

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    SMH, If your negotiating a fight and taking negotiations seriously for months already you should be preparing already too, not starting to prapare once a contract is due to be signed.
     
    Pretty Boy Floyd, Jun 19, 2018
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  3. Sugar 88

    Sugar 88 Woke Moralist-In-Chief

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    I can see why he'd want a full 12 week camp and think his anxieties may stem from Wilder's refusal to give a lot of his opponents a full camp but 8 weeks for a guy who should be in good shape anyway shouldn't be considered impossible.

    Hearn is nowhere near as confident in Joshua winning this fight as I am but then again Joshua isn't my meal ticket.
     
    Sugar 88, Jun 19, 2018
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  4. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Wilder don't have anything to do with that. It's all Hearn, procrastinating as always. How does shorting a camp benefit Wilder?
     
    Manfred, Jun 19, 2018
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    zeratul Active Member Full Member

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    This. It's only now that Usyk-Gassiev fight has been officially announced, but both fighters are already preparing for it.
     
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    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    sign the fight for October and STFU.
     
    PH|LLA, Jun 19, 2018
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  7. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    LENNOX LEWIS DEFENDED HIS WORLD TITLE AGAINST HIS #1 CONTENDER VITALI KLITSCHKO ON 10 DAYS NOTICE
    But there again they were fighters back then not prima donna pansies
     
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  8. Pretty Boy Floyd

    Pretty Boy Floyd Well-Known Member Full Member

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    8 weeks from now is also only the middle of august.
     
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  9. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's getting harder and harder for the AJ groupies to make excuses. It's become exceedingly clear that Wilder wants this fight a helluva lot more than Eddie/AJ do... Stevie Wonder can now see this.

    Man up, AJ.
     
    Xplosive, Jun 19, 2018
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  10. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Lol it’s right
     
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    Dirsspaardis Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I couldn’t care less about who wins the fight if it happens but damn, both sides have tried so hard to appear interested yet there has been very little action. Just posturing.
    Flagship of boxing, ladies and gentlemen, HW division, doing an amazing job at reflecting everything that is wrong with the sport.


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    Dirsspaardis, Jun 19, 2018
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  12. AJfan

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    Can people please just admit Hearn is 100% against this fight. I've been saying it since I joined this forum.

    Hearn don't want it, and if we really honest, AJ can't want it that much either.
     
    AJfan, Jun 19, 2018
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  13. Ukansodoff

    Ukansodoff Deontay plz stop ducking Joshua. Thank you. Full Member

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    This is promoter talk, there is a reason for the time scales and it isnt what he is saying it is.
     
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  14. spaceman

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    Maybe him saying Joshua is willing to fight anyone was promoter talk as well? Hard to decide now and for all of Hearn's future statements.
     
    spaceman, Jun 19, 2018
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    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Come on Eddy what’s the next excuse? This is pathetic, Parker got 7 weeks but this guy is not willing to entertain 8 lol.
     
    jmashyaka, Jun 19, 2018
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